Daniel Carstairs v. Willie Cochran
| Citation | 24 S.Ct. 318,48 L.Ed. 596,193 U.S. 10 |
| Decision Date | 23 February 1904 |
| Docket Number | No. 122,122 |
| Parties | DANIEL H. CARSTAIRS and John H. Carstairs, Copartners, Trading as Carstairs Brothers, Plffs. in Err. , v. WILLIE B. COCHRAN, Treasurer and Collector of Baltimore County |
| Court | United States Supreme Court |
By chap. 704 of the Laws of Maryland, 1892, as amended by chap. 320, Laws 1900, the general assembly of that state provided for the assessment and collection of taxes on liquors in bonded warehouses within the state. The proprietors of such warehouses were required to pay the taxes, and given a lien on the property therefor. This legislation was sustained by the court of appeals of the state (95 Md. 488, 52 Atl. 601), to review whose judgment this writ of error was sued out.
Messrs. D. K. Este Fisher and W. Cabell Bruce for plaintiffs in error.
[Argument of Counsel from pages 11-13 intentionally omitted] Messrs. D. G. McIntosh and Osborne I. Yellott for defendant in error.
[Argument of Counsel from Pages 13-16 intentionally omitted] Statement by Mr. Justice Brewer:
That the statutes in question do not conflict with the Constitution of Maryland is settled by the decision of its highest court. Merchants' & Mfrs. Nat. Bank v. Pennsylvania, 167 U. S. 461, 42 L. ed. 236, 17 Sup. Ct. Rep. 829, and cases cited; Backus v. Ft. Street Union Depot Co. 169 U. S. 557-566, 42 L. ed. 853-858, 18 Sup. Ct. Rep. 445; Rasmussen v. Idaho, 181 U. S. 198-200, 45 L. ed. 820, 821, 21 Sup. Ct. Rep. 594.
A state has the undoubted power to tax private property having a situs within its territorial limits; and may require the party in possession of the property to pay the taxes thereon. 'Unless restrained by provisions of the Federal Constitution, the power of the state as to the mode, form, and extent of taxation is unlimited, where the subjects to which it applies are within her jurisdiction.' State Tax on Foreign-held Bonds, 15 Wall. 300, 319, 21 L. ed. 179, 186. 'Statutes sometimes provide that tangible personal property shall be assessed wherever in the state it may be, either to the owner himself or to the agent or other person having it in charge; and there is no doubt of the right to do this, whether the owner is resident in the state or not.' 1 Cooley, Taxn. 3d ed. p. 653. See also Coe v. Errol, 116 U. S. 517, 29 L. ed. 715, 6 Sup. Ct. Rep. 475; Marye v. Baltimore & O. R. Co. 127 U. S. 117-123, 32 L. ed. 94-96, 8 Sup. Ct. Rep. 1037; Pullman's Palace Car Co. v. Pennsylvania, 141 U. S. 18, 35 L. ed. 613, 3 Inters. Com. Rep. 595, 11 Sup. Ct. Rep. 876; Ficklen v. Shelby County Taxing Dist. 145 U. S. 1, 22, 36 L. ed. 601, 606, 4 Inters. Com. Rep. 79, 12 Sup. Ct. Rep. 810; Savings & Loan Soc. v. Multnomah County, 169 U. S. 421-427, 42 L. ed. 803-805, 18 Sup. Ct. Rep. 392; New Orleans v. Stempel, 175 U. S. 309, 44 L. ed. 174, 20 Sup. Ct. Rep. 110; State Board v. Comptoir National D'Escompte, 191 U. S. 388, ante, p. 109, 24 Sup. Ct. Rep. 109; First Nat. Bank v. Kentucky, 9 Wall. 353, 19 L. ed. 701; Merchants' & Mfrs. Nat. Bank v. Pennsylvania, 167 U. S. 461, 42 L. ed. 236, 17 Sup. Ct. Rep. 829.
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